Re: [WISPA] Fast DNS cache

2010-06-03 Thread Jeremy Parr
On 2 June 2010 19:45, Rick Kunze rku...@colusanet.com wrote: You running BIND Marlon? Rk. --- another proud member of the 15 Year Club, and then some if you count Wildcat! You can only count Wildcat if it was multinode.

Re: [WISPA] You knew it was coming...

2010-06-03 Thread D. Ryan Spott
App Store - Search ATT - download app. ryan On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 12:44 PM, Mike Hammett wispawirel...@ics-il.netwrote: I believe Android systems will. I'll know for sure Friday when I get the Evo 4G. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com On

[WISPA] ROS on x86 - Backup Everything (system, config, license)?

2010-06-03 Thread Greg Ihnen
I've googled and searched and can't find an answer to this. I posted to the MT forum, but I thought I'd try here too. Thanks! I would like to know if it's possible to back up the entire RouterOS install including the license on an x86 installation. I have a computer on which I was using for

Re: [WISPA] ROS on x86 - Backup Everything (system, config, license)?

2010-06-03 Thread Travis Johnson
The ROS license is stored in the MBR of the hard drive. There is no way to copy it or back it up. It is tied directly to that drive. Travis Microserv Greg Ihnen wrote: I've googled and searched and can't find an answer to this. I posted to the MT forum, but I thought I'd try here too.

Re: [WISPA] ROS on x86 - Backup Everything (system, config, license)?

2010-06-03 Thread Philip Dorr
If downtime is a option the you can boot the system of a live Linux distro and make a DD backup of the HDD. On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Greg Ihnen os10ru...@gmail.com wrote: I've googled and searched and can't find an answer to this. I posted to the MT forum, but I thought I'd try here

Re: [WISPA] ROS on x86 - Backup Everything (system, config, license)?

2010-06-03 Thread Greg Ihnen
Thanks! That's what I thought - anything that would do a byte for byte copy/image of the hard drive would work. Worst case scenario is I lose the license and have to buy another. Greg On Jun 3, 2010, at 10:12 AM, Philip Dorr wrote: If downtime is a option the you can boot the system of a

Re: [WISPA] ROS on x86 - Backup Everything (system, config, license)?

2010-06-03 Thread Steve Barnes
Instead why not buy a $40 Hard drive. Leave the one in there with the MT ROS and if you ever have an issue pop the case, switch the cable and your ready to go. Steve Barnes RC-WiFi Wireless Internet Service -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org

Re: [WISPA] ROS on x86 - Backup Everything (system, config, license)?

2010-06-03 Thread Greg Ihnen
Because I'm in the Amazon jungle. No UPS, FedEx, USPS etc. It's like Gilligan's Island but we have satellite internet and a generator. Greg On Jun 3, 2010, at 10:26 AM, Steve Barnes wrote: Instead why not buy a $40 Hard drive. Leave the one in there with the MT ROS and if you ever have an

Re: [WISPA] ROS on x86 - Backup Everything (system, config, license)?

2010-06-03 Thread D. Ryan Spott
Then use 2 coconuts to produce a oh never mind! Is Ginger there? Cause if she is, I need to visit. ryan On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 7:54 AM, Greg Ihnen os10ru...@gmail.com wrote: Because I'm in the Amazon jungle. No UPS, FedEx, USPS etc. It's like Gilligan's Island but we have satellite

Re: [WISPA] ROS on x86 - Backup Everything (system, config, license)?

2010-06-03 Thread Steve Barnes
Well that makes all kinds of sense then. Steve Barnes RC-WiFi Wireless Internet Service -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Greg Ihnen Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 10:55 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] ROS

Re: [WISPA] ROS on x86 - Backup Everything (system, config, license)?

2010-06-03 Thread Greg Ihnen
No Ginger, but if topless brown-skinned beauties floats your boat then you're in luck! On Jun 3, 2010, at 10:35 AM, D. Ryan Spott wrote: Then use 2 coconuts to produce a oh never mind! Is Ginger there? Cause if she is, I need to visit. ryan On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 7:54 AM, Greg

Re: [WISPA] ROS on x86 - Backup Everything (system, config, license)?

2010-06-03 Thread Chuck Profito
just where are you? -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Greg Ihnen Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 8:08 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] ROS on x86 - Backup Everything (system, config, license)? No Ginger, but

Re: [WISPA] ROS on x86 - Backup Everything (system, config, license)?

2010-06-03 Thread D. Ryan Spott
YEEESSS.. lat and long please... :) ryan On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 8:27 AM, Chuck Profito cprof...@cv-access.comwrote: just where are you? -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Greg Ihnen Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010

Re: [WISPA] ROS on x86 - Backup Everything (system, config, license)?

2010-06-03 Thread Greg Ihnen
OK back to work guys. And here I am daydreaming about seeing a FedEx truck. Greg On Jun 3, 2010, at 11:30 AM, D. Ryan Spott wrote: YEEESSS.. lat and long please... :) ryan On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 8:27 AM, Chuck Profito cprof...@cv-access.comwrote: just where are you? -Original

Re: [WISPA] Fast DNS cache

2010-06-03 Thread Butch Evans
On Thu, 2010-06-03 at 08:31 -0400, Jeremy Parr wrote: You can only count Wildcat if it was multinode. So I guess I'm WELL over 15 years, then. I ran a 10 line RA board from '88-'92. Well, it was 10 lines when I shut down in '92. I tried WildCat, but never really liked it. --

[WISPA] taxes

2010-06-03 Thread RickG
Everyone's favorite subject :) I'm getting mixed information form my accountants on this and want to know what everyone else is doing. The basic question is this: Are you expensing or depreciating the equipment? Equipment being radios (AP CPE), antennas, switches, firewalls, etc. With the cost

Re: [WISPA] ROS on x86 - Backup Everything (system, config, license)?

2010-06-03 Thread RickG
I'm currently using an RB1000 but I've got two RB450's sitting on a shelf as backup. Just move the connection over an you're back up running! With the cost of equipment so low, why not? On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 12:22 PM, Data Technology w...@dtisp.com wrote: This is not the answer to your

Re: [WISPA] Fast DNS cache

2010-06-03 Thread RickG
Was running Wildcat from '90-'92! Those were fun days! -RickG On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Butch Evans but...@butchevans.com wrote: On Thu, 2010-06-03 at 08:31 -0400, Jeremy Parr wrote: You can only count Wildcat if it was multinode. So I guess I'm WELL over 15 years, then.  I ran a 10

Re: [WISPA] taxes

2010-06-03 Thread Travis Johnson
This is a personal, business choice. There is no set answer. Some of our equipment we expense and some we depreciate. It all depends on what tax breaks you need now vs. later. Travis Microserv RickG wrote: Everyone's favorite subject :) I'm getting mixed information form my accountants on

Re: [WISPA] ROS on x86 - Backup Everything (system, config, license)?

2010-06-03 Thread Greg Ihnen
I like that idea. But this machine is SATA. I see there are CF to SATA adapters but most are geared towards the laptop 2.5 market. Maybe I'll go USB to CF. Greg On Jun 3, 2010, at 11:52 AM, Data Technology wrote: This is not the answer to your question but I use a compact flash card with

Re: [WISPA] taxes

2010-06-03 Thread RickG
Travis, thanks for your input. I'm really looking for feedback as to what our industry's standard is. I submit that the IRS does not look at it as a personal, business choice. I'd rather do it correctly now than find out from the IRS I'm doing it wrong. On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 12:44 PM, Travis

Re: [WISPA] taxes

2010-06-03 Thread Faisal Imtiaz
I am not sure what exactly you are concerned about What Travis shared with you is accurate As a business owner, the tax law allows you the choice.IRS does not dictate one or the otherif done correctly both are within the scope of the Law Regards Faisal Imtiaz Snappy

Re: [WISPA] taxes

2010-06-03 Thread Jason Hensley
I think that is Travis' point though - is that there are no set guidelines on what to do. From my understanding, and to put in very simple terms, to expense the equipment means that you take the entire possible deduction for that equipment immediately. To depreciate it means that over time (be

Re: [WISPA] taxes

2010-06-03 Thread Marco Coelho
Most companies have a mix. We lease some equipment. This allows for a monthly right off at 100% of your monthly payment. Long term investment items like Vehicles, Towers, Property get depreciated. The length of the depreciation depends on the type of asset. Property / Buildings fall under

[WISPA] Leasing Companies

2010-06-03 Thread Marco Coelho
Anyone working with some decent leasing companies? We're growing faster than our current leasing companies can support. Marco -- Marco C. Coelho Argon Technologies Inc. POB 875 Greenville, TX 75403-0875 903-455-5036

Re: [WISPA] taxes

2010-06-03 Thread RickG
Listen, I'm not trying to be argumentative about this. I've always believed as Travis that it is your choice. But, the feedback I'm getting are that things are changing VERY QUICKLY with respect to how the IRS is viewing issues such as this since our government is in desperate need for more

Re: [WISPA] taxes

2010-06-03 Thread RickG
Thats my point - there are no guidelines. The IRS makes the rules! From what I can tell, the only way to fight the IRS is to use industry standards. Hence, my question. With equipment (radios, antennas, etc) being so cheap, it no longer makes sense to depreciate it. Of course it does with vehicles

Re: [WISPA] taxes

2010-06-03 Thread RickG
What are you doing with CPE? On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 3:25 PM, Marco Coelho coelh...@gmail.com wrote: Most companies have a mix.  We lease some equipment.  This allows for a monthly right off at 100% of your monthly payment.  Long term investment items like Vehicles, Towers, Property get

[WISPA] Topic Changes for Regional Meeting

2010-06-03 Thread Rick Harnish
There are a few topics that are not getting much interest, either from potential panelists or in the survey results that Forbes is running currently. I propose we change the following to topics and I am seeking guidance on what the membership would like to hear about. The two topics

Re: [WISPA] taxes

2010-06-03 Thread Cliff Leboeuf
Rick, You may have a choice... Look at Section 197. You may be able to expense in lieu of depreciate all of your asset purchases. You CPA will confirm. http://www.section179.org/ Cliff -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf

[WISPA] Availability Monitoring

2010-06-03 Thread Nick Huanca
Hi all, I wanted to see if anyone has any ideas on Availability Monitoring of core devices and APs. Is anyone out there performing availability reports using Nagios or anything similar? For example, if something is down for 1 hour, depending on it's placement in the network, it would bring the

Re: [WISPA] Availability Monitoring

2010-06-03 Thread Josh Luthman
Xymon does this out of the box. Henrik's example is broken, however this is the page: http://xymon.com/hobbit-cgi/bb-rep.sh Example page: http://imgur.com/RwOCR.png Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 “Success is not final, failure is

Re: [WISPA] Availability Monitoring

2010-06-03 Thread D. Ryan Spott
I do this for my network and my competitors. :) Nice to compare apples to rotten apples. ryan On Jun 3, 2010, at 3:10 PM, Nick Huanca n...@greataukwireless.com wrote: Hi all, I wanted to see if anyone has any ideas on Availability Monitoring of core devices and APs. Is anyone out

Re: [WISPA] Availability Monitoring

2010-06-03 Thread Mark Nash - Lists
Nagios / The Dude... - Original Message - From: D. Ryan Spott rsp...@irongoat.net To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Cc: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 3:17 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Availability Monitoring I do this for my network and my

Re: [WISPA] Leasing Companies

2010-06-03 Thread Layne Sisk
Here is a leasing guy. We don't lease from him but he provides leasing to several of the WISPs that we support. Not cheap but he has money to lend out. Bill MacNamara Vice President Agility Ventures 101 E. Gurley, Ste. 202 Prescott, AZ 86301 928.541.0771 Office 928.541.0773 Fax 928.970.1340

Re: [WISPA] taxes

2010-06-03 Thread MDK
My accountant says expense it all... but I'm small enough I have that much discretionary expense allowance. ++ Neofast, Inc, Making internet easy 541-969-8200 509-386-4589 ++ -- From:

Re: [WISPA] Fast DNS cache

2010-06-03 Thread Bradley D. Thornton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 hm... I hosted a lot of those Mustang Software BBS systems back in the day. Bakersfield, I think was where the company was located. I was one of the biggest BBS hosting facilities in the Los Angeles area at the time, as many folks didn't

Re: [WISPA] taxes

2010-06-03 Thread Faisal Imtiaz
I figured there was some thing behind your question.. I know , below you are conveying what a CPA is telling you... but I think there is some context missing here I am not a CPA, so I am also going to using some simple language to put some context arround this.. Most of us who are replying

Re: [WISPA] Availability Monitoring

2010-06-03 Thread Bradley D. Thornton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 Nagios integrated w/RT and Asterisk for automating trouble reports/tickets and notifications. And also Cacti, which is really kewl. I like getting text messages telling me this, that, or the other box or daemon is being weird, or worse,

Re: [WISPA] Leasing Companies

2010-06-03 Thread Travis Johnson
Be prepared to sign over your company to them if you use them for anything. :( Travis Layne Sisk wrote: Here is a leasing guy. We don't lease from him but he provides leasing to several of the WISPs that we support. Not cheap but he has money to lend out. Bill MacNamara Vice President

Re: [WISPA] Leasing Companies

2010-06-03 Thread Jeremie Chism
I was just remembering we had to sen him a check to work on finding us capital. Nothing ever happened. Don't think we ever got out money back either. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 3, 2010, at 6:10 PM, Travis Johnson t...@ida.net wrote: Be prepared to sign over your company to them if you use

Re: [WISPA] Availability Monitoring

2010-06-03 Thread Jerry Richardson
prtg will do reporting down to a specific interface on a specific device and automatically send a pretty report on whatever interval you want with graphs and availability stats ~Sent mobile~ On Jun 3, 2010, at 3:19 PM, Mark Nash - Lists markl...@uwol.net wrote: Nagios / The Dude...

[WISPA] Impatient man's PowerBridgeM5 clone available today.

2010-06-03 Thread Tom DeReggi
The specs of the New PowerBridgeM5 had been publisized, but not yet available at distributors. For those like me that are impatience, we came up with the next best thing. The Home Brew Power Bridge! We found that the ArcWireless Gen2 enclosure matched with a Rocket makes a great PTP link,

Re: [WISPA] Impatient man's PowerBridgeM5 clone available today.

2010-06-03 Thread Josh Luthman
Very cool!!! Thanks for sharing. Looks like you're using this... http://www.antennas.com/DATA-SHEETS/ARC-ID5823B88_113009.pdf But this was what I initially thought while reading... http://www.quicklinkwireless.com/itemdesc.asp?ic=ARC-ID-5823 Is the latter deprecated by the first link? Josh

Re: [WISPA] taxes

2010-06-03 Thread RickG
Size matters :) On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 6:24 PM, MDK rea...@muddyfrogwater.us wrote: My accountant says expense it all... but I'm small enough I have that much discretionary expense allowance. ++ Neofast, Inc, Making internet easy 541-969-8200  509-386-4589

Re: [WISPA] taxes

2010-06-03 Thread RickG
AFAIK, our business is very typical for a small WISP. Some further background: For the past few years, I've had a good friend do our taxes. He is a Comptroller for a large company and has become too busy to continue. Hence, the reason for my new concerns in my search for a good CPA. Apparently,

Re: [WISPA] Leasing Companies

2010-06-03 Thread RickG
Travis, I surprised you didnt mention: Taycor Financial -An Inc 500 Company- 6100 Center Drive, Suite 710 Los Angeles, CA 90045 Direct: (310) 895-7717, Fax: (310) 568-9922 dolyn...@taycor.com, www.taycor.com On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 7:10 PM, Travis Johnson t...@ida.net wrote: Be prepared to

Re: [WISPA] Impatient man's PowerBridgeM5 clone available today.

2010-06-03 Thread RickG
Very nice Tom! On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 10:34 PM, Tom DeReggi wirelessn...@rapiddsl.net wrote: The specs of the New PowerBridgeM5 had been publisized, but not yet available at distributors. For those like me that are impatience, we came up with the next best thing. The Home Brew Power

Re: [WISPA] taxes

2010-06-03 Thread RickG
Oh, another surprise viewpoint from the latest CPA - He says we should depreciate the installation labor! Maybe I need to look for a CPA in another city! On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 6:24 PM, MDK rea...@muddyfrogwater.us wrote: My accountant says expense it all... but I'm small enough I have that

Re: [WISPA] taxes

2010-06-03 Thread Scottie Arnett
As a PC auditor for a rather large customer, this customer is doing over $10 million in revenue per year, their PAID accountants recommend that anything less than a $1,000 be expenses and anything over be depreciated. Their accountants are from a VERY large accountant firm, but anyways, you can